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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Creativity, Innovation, and Ingenuity Summer Enrichment Program – Collaborating with a Cultural Institution and Assessment Results

Presented at Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Entrepreneurship Education in New Contexts

Authors
  1. Dr. Andrew L. Gerhart Lawrence Technological University [biography]

    Andrew Gerhart, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. He is actively involved in ASEE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Engineering Society of Detroit. He serves as Faculty Advisor for the American Institute of Aeronautics
    and Astronautics Student Chapter at LTU, chair of the First Year Engineering Experience committee, chair for the LTU KEEN Course Modification Team, chair for the LTU Leadership Curriculum Committee, supervisor of the LTU Thermo-Fluids Laboratory, coordinator of the Certificate/Minor in Aeronautical
    Engineering, and faculty advisor of the LTU SAE Aero Design Team.

  2. Dr. Donald D. Carpenter Lawrence Technological University [biography]

    Donald D. Carpenter, PhD, PE, LEED AP is Professor of Civil Engineering at Lawrence Technological University where he teaches courses on ethics/professionalism and water resources. Dr. Carpenter has served as the University Director of Assessment and the founding Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning. He conducts funded pedagogical research and development projects, has published numerous engineering education papers, and provides faculty development workshops on effective teaching. In 2006, the Kern Family Foundation named Dr. Carpenter a Kern Fellow for Entrepreneurial Education recognizing his efforts to bring innovative team based problem solving into the engineering curriculum to promote the entrepreneurial mindset. In addition to his work on ethics and entrepreneurial skills, Dr. Carpenter is an accredited green design professional (LEED AP) and practicing professional engineer. As founding Director of the Great Lakes Stormwater Management Institute, he conducts research on water management and routinely provides professional lectures/short courses on innovative stormwater treatment design and its role in Low Impact Development implementation.

  3. Mrs. Paula Gangopadhyay The Henry Ford (museums) [biography]

    Paula Gangopadhyay is the Chief Learning Officer for The Henry Ford which includes the Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village, Benson Ford Research Center, Ford Rouge Factory Tour, IMAX and Henry Ford Academy. She brings more than twenty years of experience in the cultural, education, policy and business sectors to her position.

    In her current role as one of the core members of The Henry Ford’s senior management team, Gangopadhyay is responsible for providing leadership, strategic direction, concept, design and development of ‘education and learning’ in a broad and comprehensive sense. The Henry Ford collectively attracts over 1.7 million visitors a year, and has a mammoth collection of 26 million artifacts. Gangopadhyay is responsible for a vast array of onsite, online and offsite programs, products and experiences for a diverse set of audiences including students, educators, youth, families, adults as well as for higher education and organizational leadership.

    Gangopadhyay led the visioning of a dynamic education strategic plan at The Henry Ford as well as the conceptualization and development of many paradigm-shifting educational products and programs. She spearheaded and developed game-changing curricula, Innovation 101 and Be an Innovator series which are currently being enthusiastically adopted and implemented by educators nationwide. This initiative was accepted as a national commitment to action in the STEM category, at the Clinton Global Initiative, America in 2013.

    President Barack Obama appointed Gangopadhyay as a member of the National Board of Museums and Libraries for a four-year term in 2012. She is the recipient of the 2012 American Alliance of Museums (AAM) EdCom Award for Excellence in Practice, the 2014 Michigan Informal Educator of the Year from the Michigan Science Teachers Association and the prestigious 2014 Faraday Science Communicator Award from the National Science Teacher’s Association.

    Gangopadhyay has a master’s degree in history, certification in archival, museum and editing studies and a fellowship in education policy.

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